You may know ladybugs for their red and black spots. But did you know the "ladybug" is actually more than one type of insect? There are about 5,000 species in the Coccinellidae, or ladybug, family.

Most gardeners learn early to scan leaves for the eggs of squash bugs or stink bugs and remove them on sight. Yet the same careful observation can reveal something quite different: clusters or single ...

Ladybugs, also known as lady beetles or ladybirds, are members of the Coccinellidae family of insects. And, like in many families, there are both good and bad members. The good lady beetles help ...

If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear to be ladybugs but differ in a few subtle ways. As temperatures start to ...

Most gardeners have been conditioned to reach for the spray bottle the moment they see something moving on their plants. It’s an understandable reaction. But that instinct can actually work against ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Spotting lots of ladybugs coming out of cracks and holes in your home as the autumn chill settles in? These are not the seven-spotted ones that Tennessee adores. The beetles ...